Penckbreen is a glacier in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after German geographer Albrecht Penck.[1] The glacier has a length of about 22 kilometers, and is situated west of the mountain ridge of Friherrefjella.[2][3] Tributary glaciers are Suessbreen, Tirolarbreen and Sveitsarfonna.[2]
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Penckbreen is a glacier in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It is named after German geographer Albrecht Penck. The glacier has a length...
kilometers and a width of eight kilometers, and is situated between the Penckbreen and Nathorstbreen glacier complexes. Among the named mountains along the...
Geographical Society in 1914. In 1945, Penck died in Prague. The glacier of Penckbreen in Wedel Jarlsberg Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard is named after him. Since...